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By
Mike Prince on
31 December 2002
111. Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha One at Chapramari was the only sighting.
112. White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis One at Chapramari and two at Lava, both of one the dark-breasted races.
113. White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola Recorded at Gorumara and Phulbari Barrage.
114. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Common in the lowlands, for example several seen daily in the Gorumara, area but not recorded anywhere in the hills.
115. Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Small numbers seen in the Gorumara area and also two at Bamunpokhri. These were quite obviously grey birds, easily separable from Black Drongo, and were therefore
probably of the hopwoodi subspecies.
116. White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens At least four were seen at Gorumara on 22/11 but these were the only sightings.
117. Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans Two were seen well on the Mahakal Trail on 23/11, the seventh species of drongo that morning!
118. Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus A few seen at Gorumara and on the Mahakal Trail, for example at least six at the former site.
119. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer Very good views of as many as 12 on the Mahakal Trail.
120. Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus Seen at most lowland sites, including about six at Gorumara with others at Chapramari, the Mahakal Trail and Bamunpokhri.
121. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Small numbers at Gorumara and the Mahakal Trail, plus two at Bamunpokhri.
122. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia One was seen by one observer at Gorumara.
123. Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis Excellent views of a feeding flock of 25 birds, subspecies pelvica, that moved together through the forest on the Mahakal Trail.
124. Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris After a female was seen at Gorumara, single males were seen at Rishyap, Lava and near the summit of Sandakphu.
125. Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius One or two were regularly on the old factory buildings at Gorumara Jungle Camp.
126. Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus Common. Records from Gorumara, the Mahakal Trail, Neora Valley, Lava, central Darjeeling and Sandakphu as well as a few en-route sightings.
127. Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera mollissima Brief, sometimes roadside, sightings of birds at Gorumara, Lulagaon, Rishyap (where there were two) and Lava.
128. Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma Good views were had of about five nominate race birds fairly high in the canopy of trees at Bamunpokhri.
129. Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor One immature seen on a track at Gorumara on 22/11.
130. White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus One seen by one observer on the Sandakphu Trek.
131. Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul One female seen at Gorumara.
132. Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis First seen at Rishyap where a spectacular 1000+ were estimated in the valley in the late afternoon, many of them roosting in the area. Thereafter good numbers seen at Neora Valley, Lava, the Darjeeling area and Sandakphu. All seen well were ‘Black-throated’, T. r. atrogularis.
133. Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Three were heard and then seen by one observer on the Sandakphu Trek on 29/11.
134. Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica One was seen by one observer and photographed at Lulagaon. A good sighting for the time of year since they normally only winter further south.
135. Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata One seen by one observer at Lulagaon.
136. Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva About four were seen at Gorumara with others on the Mahakal Trail, but no further sightings away from the Gorumara area. None of these birds were assigned to a particular subspecies.
137. Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni Two males seen at Gorumara.
138. Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolour Seen at Lulagaon on both 23/11 and 24/11 but not recorded elsewhere.
139. Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphire One first-winter male at Gorumara on 22/11.
140. Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina One bird was photographed at Rhino Point, Gorumara.